City police website becomes more user-friendly

By K.V.Subramanya

BANGALORE, AUG. 23. Application forms for licences, including the one for obtaining arms licence, issued by the City police can now be downloaded from the Internet. Forms for obtaining permission to conduct public amusement programmes can also be downloaded from their "renovated" website, www.bangalorecitypolice.org, launched on August 15.

The website also provides details of the Acts under which the City police issue licences and permits. It has been modelled on the Mumbai and Delhi police websites.

The "Info for foreign travellers" section of the website has forms relating to "arrival" information, registration, return visa endorsement, no-objection certificate for returning to India and the one for reporting foreigners' death. These can also be downloaded. Information regarding immigration formalities, and guidance for foreigners in the country and Indian citizens planning to go abroad are provided in this section. There is also an option for mailing complaints to the authorities concerned.

The other sections are on traffic police, lost and recovered vehicles, crime prevention, "most wanted" criminals, proactive policing, frequently asked questions (FAQs) and information on police stations.

The traffic police section provides interesting information about the unit's history dating back to the British regime. Nearly 100 years ago, the traffic police had 202 policemen. Two of them were European Chief Constables. The first Superintendent of Police (Traffic) of Bangalore "town" was Capt. E.D.Gompertz of the Madras mofussil police. Information about the present organisational setup, strength, activities, road structure of Bangalore, vehicles and accidents has also been provided in the section.

The FAQ section provides information regarding filing of complaints, whom to contact during emergencies and other topics. Daily situation reports and traffic alerts are also provided.

The website provides links to tourism and City-based websites, and those of the Karnataka, Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta and Chennai (Traffic) police.

The "proactive policing" section deals with the activities of Makkala Sahaya Vani, Vanitha Sahaya Vani and Parihar, the social work organisation of the City police. The details of major crime detections and recoveries, along with photographs, are included in the "police news" section.

The steps people should take to prevent crimes, and names and telephone numbers of the Assistant Commissioners of Police and Inspectors have also been included.

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